MakeMyTrip.com, India’s leading online travel company today announced India’s biggest ever app only travel sale. The Great Indian Getaway sale will kickstart from 27th October and will last till 2nd November, 2015.
During this app only sale for seven days, MakeMyTrip.com will provide attractive discounts across flights, hotels and holiday packages for customers to shop from. For this app only sale, MakeMyTrip.com is bringing together participation from multiple domestic and international airlines and leading hotel chains including and not limited to Air France, KLM, Qatar Airways, Malaysian Airlines, Trident Group of Hotels, Singapore Tourism Board, Sterling Hotels, Country Inn & Suites, Lemon Tree, Ginger Group of Hotels, Lalit group of Hotels and Zuri Hotels & Resorts, Citrus Hotels.
Some of the offers available during the sale period are listed below:
• Flat 1500 Cashback on Domestic Flights
• 90% off on Domestic & International Hotels
• Buy 1, Get 1 Free on Popular 4-5 Star hotels
• Flipkart Vouchers worth Rs 35000 on Singapore Packages
• Rs 20,000 off (per person) on Flights Tickets to US; Rs 15000 off (per person) on Flight Tickets to Europe
• Upto 40% off Holiday Packages
MakeMyTrip has also entered into an exclusive partnership with Citibank and is providing add-on benefits & exclusive offers to Citi debit & credit card customers during the sale period.
Commenting on this, Rajesh Magow, Co-Founder and CEO-India, MakeMyTrip.com said, “We strongly believe that the future of travel buying experience is on the ‘Mobile’ platform – the shift is already underway. We are strongly focused on strengthening our mobile technology and have been constantly enhancing our systems basis customers’ feedback. The Great Indian Getaway is the next-step in our endeavor to provide the most comprehensive travel offers at the best pricing! We look forward to a positive response and constructive feedback from our customers.”
During the sale period, the company is expecting a 5x surge in traffic and is prepared to handle 15x surge in traffic, which is expected during the peak hours.
According to MakeMyTrip.com, they have crossed 12 million app downloads so far with 1.5 million downloads in September alone and as a result, mobile bookings contribute about 25% of domestic flights-bookings, and nearly 50% of total online domestic hotel transactions.
